- #1 Undead Horde 2: Necropolis
97% matchVery Positive82% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!
Why similar: Building 36.3%, Zombies 28.3%, Strategy 17.8%, 3D 10.7%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #2 After Long Night
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 464 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 10.3%, Zombies 9.4%
- #3 Becastled
96% matchVery Positive82% of 5,625 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Base Building 24%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #4 DEADCRAFT
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Farm the dead to stay alive in DEADCRAFT, a new twist on the zombie survival-action genre! As a half-zombie, grow an army of loyal undead followers and build an arsenal to equip them to take revenge on the rulers of humanity's last city.
Why similar: Zombies 31.3%, Survival 25.4%, Isometric 16.6%, 3D 7.1%, Base Building 6.4%
- #5 Grim Nights
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,552 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Building 14.5%, Zombies 12.8%, Survival 12.5%, Strategy 11.4%
- #6 Darfall
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 505 reviews2025
Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.
Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Building 11.5%, Zombies 8.8%
- #7 Grimgrad
93% matchMixed51% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: Juvty WorldsPub: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!
Why similar: City Builder 36.2%, Isometric 15.3%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Base Building 8.1%
- #8 Worshippers of Cthulhu
91% matchVery Positive81% of 1,552 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 10%, Isometric 8.7%
- #9 Infection Free Zone
91% matchVery Positive81% of 18,697 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Colony Sim 19.4%, Zombies 12%, Management 6.5%
- #10 Monsters Domain
92% matchMostly Negative37% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: G-DEVS.com
Windows
Monsters' Domain is an FPP RPG action game where you play as an overlord necromancer on a quest to regain power. Build a domain of monsters, command undead armies, and use powerful skills to defeat enemies. Explore dungeons, confront enemies, and master necromancy to shape the destiny of your realm
Why similar: Base Building 30.1%, Building 27.1%, Survival Horror 17%, Horror 14.1%, 3D 7.8%
- #11 Colony Survival
90% matchVery Positive92% of 9,016 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, Base Building 17.1%, City Builder 12.5%, Building 12.3%, Survival 8.8%
- #12 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 890 reviews2019
Dev: Giant Grey
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.
Why similar: Base Building 21.5%, Zombies 17.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Tower Defense 14.1%, Building 10.7%
- #13 Praise Dead
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Praise Dead is a roguelike auto-battler where you create zombies from the parts of dead villagers and monsters. Use your zombies to defeat waves of demons, and to harvest resources to improve and upgrade your village.
Why similar: Zombies 37.6%, Strategy 35.6%, Tactical 23.8%, Indie 3%
- #14 Zombie Cure Lab
88% matchMixed68% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 10.9%, Zombies 9.2%
- #15 Night is Coming
87% matchMixed63% of 469 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
Windows
Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 12.2%, Survival 7.7%
- #16 Last Outpost
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Base Building 19.7%, Isometric 13.8%, Zombies 10.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #17 Grim Realms
85% matchVery Positive80% of 429 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.7%, Base Building 19.9%, Building 13.1%, Zombies 8.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #18 Necroking
84% matchVery Positive82% of 964 reviews2024
Dev: KORO.GAMESPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.
Why similar: Zombies 39.6%, Strategy 28.4%, Tactical 26%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #19 Make Your Kingdom
86% matchMixed58% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 24%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 7.5%
- #20 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 16.5%, Zombies 9.3%, Building 8.5%
- #21 The Unliving
84% matchMixed62% of 903 reviews2023
Dev: RocketBrush GamesPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.
Why similar: Isometric 39%, Zombies 33.4%, Horror 21.6%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Action 1.3%
- #22 Necrosmith
82% matchVery Positive86% of 5,367 reviews2022
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
Why similar: Zombies 42.9%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Strategy 23%, Combat 5.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #23 Monsters are Coming!
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,892 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Building 15%, Isometric 14.7%, Survival 8.7%
- #24 Cataclismo
80% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 22.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Building 13%, Management 7.3%
- #25 Creeping Dusk
82% matchMixed67% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: PolyShroom
Windows · Linux
Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?
Why similar: Base Building 25.2%, Building 20.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Isometric 11.3%, Tower Defense 11.2%
- #26 DarkSwitch
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 783 reviews2026
Dev: Cyber TemplePub: Cyber Temple Games LLC
Windows
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 21%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10%, Survival 7.1%
- #27 Horror Tycoon
81% matchMixed62% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Smidge Games LLC
Windows
Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.
Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Building 17.5%, Zombies 12.7%, Horror 11.5%, Management 10%
- #28 They Are Billions
78% matchVery Positive85% of 51,491 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Base Building 22.1%, City Builder 11.6%, Zombies 9.6%, Survival 7.1%
- #29 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
77% matchVery Positive90% of 859 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!
Why similar: Base Building 25.8%, Building 25.3%, Zombies 19.4%, Survival 14%, Management 14%
- #30 Royal Lord - 王权领主
76% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: 开发鸭
Windows
In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 23.8%, Base Building 18.3%, Building 13.1%, Strategy 6.9%
- #31 Until We Die
78% matchMixed63% of 4,634 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 11.8%, Building 11.4%, Strategy 9.1%
- #32 Necrosmith 2
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,528 reviews2024
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Management 20.3%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Strategy 18.3%, Tactical 12.4%
- #33 Kingdoms vs Zombies
74% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Kingdoms vs Zombies is a blend of strategy, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay, where you must defend your kingdom against endless hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Base Building 40.3%, Strategy 25.6%, Zombies 14.2%, Tower Defense 14%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #34 Defence to death
79% matchMixed56% of 282 reviews2017
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"Defence to death" - game in genre "Tower Defence". Defend Your castle from monster! Show Your's strength and wisdom.
Why similar: Base Building 18.3%, Zombies 17.1%, Building 16.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Tower Defense 14%
- #35 Exodus Borealis
76% matchVery Positive86% of 307 reviews2021
Dev: Smug Marmot Studios
Windows
In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 26.3%, Building 16.1%, Strategy 8.2%, Tower Defense 7.7%
- #36 Underworld Overseer
75% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Myron Games
Windows
Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Building 14.9%, Base Building 14.3%, Tower Defense 9.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #37 Nayati River
77% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Worlds To Play
Windows
A single-player game of adventure and survival, set in a vast region infested with the dead. Build an autonomous camp, manage a community of survivors, look for the many who are missing, fight ferocious hordes, and unravel the mysteries of the legend of Nayati River!
Why similar: Base Building 25.8%, Zombies 17.1%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Building 13%, Management 8.9%
- #38 Kingdom's Deck
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 544 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 24.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 8.8%, Survival 7.1%
- #39 Ascent of Ashes
72% matchMixed70% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 11.4%, Isometric 10%
- #40 YORG.io 3
74% matchMixed68% of 343 reviews2019
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!
Why similar: City Builder 45.3%, Strategy 19.1%, Zombies 16.6%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #41 Mistward
71% matchMixed62% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!
Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, City Builder 32.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Strategy 10%, Survival 6.7%
- #42 First Feudal
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 647 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 17%, Building 13.6%, Management 6.2%
- #43 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,665 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Base Building 25.6%, Building 19.3%, Survival 11.2%, Tower Defense 10.6%, Strategy 10.3%
- #44 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
72% matchVery Positive81% of 2,267 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.7%, Base Building 20.1%, City Builder 12.7%, Survival 10.6%, Building 7.9%
- #45 Flesh Eaters
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: Zombies 53.7%, Survival 16.5%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Tactical 7.8%, Indie 7.5%
- #46 Surviving the Aftermath
71% matchMixed70% of 4,648 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Colony Sim 25.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Strategy 9.1%, Survival 8.6%
- #47 Deck of Haunts
68% matchVery Positive86% of 1,458 reviews2025
Dev: MantisPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 19.1%, Building 18%, Isometric 14.3%, Horror 9.6%
- #48 Black Forest
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 410 reviews2023
Dev: Lemuria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Building 10.5%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #49 KINGDOM of the DEAD
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 423 reviews2022
Dev: DIRIGO GAMESPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Immerse yourself in a dreadful hand-drawn horror world and push Death’s armies back to the underworld!
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.4%, Horror 37.1%, 3D 10.4%, Combat 5.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #50 pyramida
70% matchVery Positive84% of 762 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Colony Sim 34.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Survival 11.6%, Indie 1.3%
- #51 Gord
70% matchMixed54% of 1,013 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, City Builder 26.1%, Isometric 14.5%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #52 Dead Engine
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Base Building 39.6%, Zombies 24.8%, Survival 16.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Singleplayer 2%
- #53 NecroAttack!
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: VirusSea
Windows
Armies of zombies are coming! The Edgar Kingdom is teetering on the brink of collapse! Young Edgar Princess stands out and leads her subjects to defeat enemies. Follow the story of the princess to explore uncharted land, and might unravel the mysteries behind such disaster?
Why similar: Zombies 66.1%, Strategy 32.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 0.4%
- #54 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,050 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 10.1%, Zombies 8.8%
- #55 Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue
66% matchVery Positive88% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue!
Why similar: Zombies 42.6%, Building 21.6%, 3D 10.9%, Horror 10.3%, Management 6.8%
- #56 ZIC: Survival
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Isometric 11.9%, Survival Horror 10.9%
- #57 Rise to Ruins
65% matchVery Positive88% of 7,765 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 27.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Tower Defense 8.3%, Survival 7.5%
- #58 Undead Horde
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,400 reviews2019
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become a necromancer and raise the dead - Undead Horde is a necromantic action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Maraud through the lands of the living, raze their villages and steal their treasures. Ultimately you'll take over the whole kingdom of the living!
Why similar: Zombies 64.1%, Dark 19.7%, Singleplayer 7.6%, Indie 3.4%, Atmospheric 3.1%
- #59 The Last Spell
63% matchVery Positive91% of 13,760 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Base Building 38.6%, Strategy 21.7%, Tactical 18.2%, Tower Defense 16.9%, Singleplayer 4.6%